AII-1000-25963

AllegedThe record is a lawsuit, complaint or accusation that has not been decided.

400 newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement in AI training

A coalition of nearly 400 local and regional newspapers filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging they used copyrighted news articles without permission or compensation to train AI products including ChatGPT and Copilot. The companies have invoked fair use defenses in response to similar copyright disputes.

24 June 2026 · OpenAI · Intellectual property and appropriation

24 June 2026

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Quick facts

Organizations: OpenAI (defendant), Microsoft (defendant), Coalition of newspaper publishers (plaintiff)
Category: Intellectual property and appropriation
Country: United States
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Date: 24 June 2026
Drafted by: Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

A coalition of publishers of nearly 400 local and regional newspapers filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement.

The lawsuit alleges that the companies used the newspapers' copyrighted news articles to build and train commercial AI products, and reproduced or repurposed the content without permission or compensation.

Index analysis

Advanced AI models such as ChatGPT and Copilot rely on vast amounts of online content from news outlets for training purposes.

In court proceedings, Microsoft and OpenAI have invoked fair use defenses in response to copyright infringement disputes.

Classification

Organizations: OpenAI (defendant), Microsoft (defendant), Coalition of newspaper publishers (plaintiff)
Category: Intellectual property and appropriation
Industry: Media, social platforms and marketing
Country: United States
Harm status: Actual harm
Intent: Unknown
Timing: Unknown
Harm types: Economic or property
Harmed: Business
Failure modes: Training data misuse
Consequences: Litigation
AI systems: ChatGPT, Copilot